Wheel-box.



PATBNTED SEPT. 29., 1903.

L. E. WATERMHAN.

WHEEL BOX. Ammonium FILED MAY 18,1903.

30 MODEL.

No. 740,3d1.

UNIT D STATES LEWIS E. WATERMAN, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TOEMERSON I OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORA- MANUFAOTURING COMPANY, TIONOF ILLINOIS.

WHEE

Patented September 29, 1903.

L-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,341, datedSeptember 29, 1903.

Application filed May 18, 1903.

To all? whom, it may concern:

Be it known thatI, LEwIs E. WATERMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rock ford, in the county of Winnebago and State ofIllinois,.have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWheel-Boxes and Methods of Making Same, of which the following is aspecification;

The object of this invention is to construct a wheel-box havingone endclosed by the use of a chaplet in order that a dust-proof box may be hadand one that will hold oil.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an isometrical representationof myimproved wheel'box. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the closed end.Fig. 3 is an isometrical representation of the chaplet. Fig. 4 is atransverse section on dotted line Ct, Fig. 2.

In the manufacture of the wheel-boxes having one end closed the core islocated in the mold and supported by one end only, and when the metal ispoured into the mold it will warp or bend the core, so that thethickness of metal composing the outer wall of the box will not beuniform, thereby'forming the opening diagonally to the lengthwisedirection of the box which binds against the axle in its rotary motion.7

The main portion 1 of the wheel-box is cylindrical in outline, havingacentral cylindrical opening 2, extending in its lengthwise direction. AtFig. 3 is shown the chaplet comprising a cylindrical section 3, having aseries of radially extending projections 4- This chaplet is located nearthe closed end of the box and the metal comprising the box embraces thechaplet, as shown at Figs. 2 and 4, so that the line of connectionbetween the chaplet and the metal composing the box proper will be tightand hold oil as a lubricant for the axle and prevent the ad mission ofdust and grit.

In the manufacture of my improved wheelbox the chaplet is formed withthe core for the central opening of the box, the core-is supported-inthe mold by one end in the usual Serial Ila-157,659. (N0 model.)

manner, and the projections 4: of the chaplet resting against the innerwall of the core serves to support the free end of the core centrallywithin the mold, and when the metal composing the main portion of thewheel-hub is poured a union will be formed with the chaplet, so thatwhen the core-sand is cleaned away the opening in the Wheel-box will extend centrally in its lengthwise direction.

'My improved wheel-box can be used in connection with wheels fordifferent purposes, but is especially adapted for agriculturalimplements, and can be cast integral with the wheel without departingfrom the scope of my invention.

I claim as my inventionl. A wheel-box comprising the box proper having asolid end of the metal of which the box is composed, and a chapletlocated inside the end of the box, and having sections forming portionsof the outer wall of the box.

2. A wheel-box comprising the box proper having a solid end of the metalof which the I box is composed, and a chaplet located inside the end ofthe box, and having sections forming portions'of the inner wall of thebox.

3. A wheel-box comprising the box proper LEWIS E. WATERMAN.

Witnesses:

A. O. BEHEL, E. BEHEL.

and a ohaplet in spider form held in place by

